Bruno Cenghialta

Bruno Cenghialta

To person
Date of birth	5th December 1962
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
height	1.84 meters
Racing weight	73 kilograms
To the team
Current team	Astana
function	Sports director
Team (s)
1986–1987 1988–1993 1994–1996 1997 1998	Magniflex Ariostea Gewiss Batik-Del Monte Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio
Most important successes
1991 - a stage of the Tour de France
Team (s) as team manager
1999 2000–2004 2005 2006–2012 2014–2016 2017-	Amica Chips Alessio Fassa Bortolo Acqua & Sapone Tinkoff-Saxo Astana Pro Team
Last updated: May 8, 2020

Bruno Cenghialta (born December 5, 1962 in Montecchio Maggiore ) is a former Italian cyclist and later team manager .

Athletic career

Bruno Cenghialta was active in international road cycling from 1986 to 1998 . In 1988 he won the overall ranking of the Hofbräu Cup and second place at the Giro del Veneto . In 1989 he was part of the team Ariostea that the Giro d'Italia , the team time trial won. In 1991 Cenghialta decided a stage of the Tour de France with 20 seconds ahead of Jean-Claude Colotti and was also involved in the winner of the team time trial. In 1994 he was the winner of the Coppa Bernocchi . In 1995 he drove for the Gewiss team when it won the Tour de France team time trial .

In total, Cenghialta started at 18 major country tours ; his best placement was eleventh overall in the 1995 Giro d'Italia .

Professional

In 1998 Bruno Cenghialta returned from active cycling and initially became team manager at Amica Chips . Other stations were the teams from Alessio-Bianchi , Fassa Bortolo , Acqua & Sapone , Tinkoff-Saxo and Astana .

successes

1988

• Overall ranking and a stage in the Schwaben Bräu Cup

1989

• Giro d'Italia team time trial

1991

• a stage and team time trial Tour de France

1994

• Coppa Bernocchi

1995

• Tour de France team time trial

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Giro d'Italia	54	84	-	79	-	-	-	-	-	11	18th	40	57
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	102	56	DNF	38	25th	15th	56	112	-
Vuelta a España

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

• Bruno Cenghialta in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Bruno Cenghialta in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Bruno Cenghialta as sporting director in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bruno Cenghialta as team manager in the Radsportseiten.net database
2. ↑ Lemond is still hopefule, still in 5th. In: deseret.com. July 21, 1991, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Management activities since 2005 at www.uci.org (en)